Jalandhar district


Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city.
Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent districts Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Ferozepur and Kangra. The entire Jalandhar Division was awarded to India when Punjab was partitioned.

Divisions

The district is divided into 5 sub division/Tehsils Jalandhar-I, Jalandhar-II, Shahkot, Nakodar, Phillaur and 7 sud-Tehsils Adampur, Bhogpur, Kartarpur, Goraya, Nurmahal, Mehatpur and Lohian Khas.
There are nine Punjab Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in this district Jalandhar North, West, Central, Jalandhar Cantt, Phillaur, Nakodar, Shahkot and Adampur from which 4 are reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Jalandhar district has a population of 2,193,590, roughly equal to the nation of Latvia or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 209th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.16%. Jalandhar has a sex ratio of 913 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 82.4%.

Jatt Tribe Population, of 1901 and 1931

1901
1931
According, to the British Records, Hindu Jatts were, mainly found in Tehsils of Nawanshahr and Jalandhar. Jatt Sikhs, mainly in west part of Tehsil Phillaur. Jatt Muslims, mainly found in the most northern part of Jalandhar, around Adampur Bhogpur areas of Jalandhar District.
From 1905-1930, there was a downfall in the Hindu Jatt Population of the Jalandhar District. This is due to, Hindu Jatts of Jalandhar, becoming Sikhs. Before, the Hindu Jatts of Jalandhar District were mainly Sultanis, or orthodox Hindus. by 1940s, the further surviving 12,656 Hindu Jatts of Jalandhar from the 1931 census, were becoming Sikhs. By the 1950's or 60's there were only a handfull of Hindu Jatts left in Jalandhar District. The Muslim Jatts, were Inferior in physique and numbers and poor cultivators. Many thousands immigrated to the newly established Chenab canal colonies or Lyallpaur District, from between 1901-1931.

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